Dayton man shot to death inside pickup truck in Dayton

A Dayton man found shot to death Saturday afternoon inside a Dodge pickup truck with its engine running in Dayton has been identified.

DeMarco Ruteledge, 28, was identified as the gunshot victim, the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office reported Sunday.

A 911 caller reported hearing gunfire at 2:49 p.m. Saturday and reported seeing a black truck with the back window broken out in the 2600 block of Jerome Avenue. The caller was concerned that someone had been shot, according to the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.

An ambulance initially was called to the shooting, but did not remove any victims. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office reported it did respond for one deceased person.

The 911 caller said immediately following the shooting, it saw an older model turquoise Toyota car with cardboard in the back window take off with two men inside, both wearing bandanna masks, according to dispatch records.

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